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| Dear John, |
Prescription drug prices are out of control — and many older Americans are feeling the financial pain at the pharmacy counter. Since 2013, prices for the most commonly prescribed drugs for seniors have increased by ten times the rate of inflation. Medicare beneficiaries pay thousands of dollars a year in out-of-pocket drug costs they can’t afford.
Some seniors have been cutting pills in half or outright skipping doses of lifesaving medications. Others are forced to choose between medicine and essentials like rent and groceries. Meanwhile, Big Pharma rakes in record profits. That’s not acceptable in the wealthiest nation on Earth.
That’s why the National Committee’s “Don’t Cut Pills, Cut Profits” campaign is committed to ending prescription price gouging by holding drug-makers and elected leaders accountable, with the help of millions of older Americans like you around the country. The campaign includes voter education, petition drives and outreach to members of Congress to support legislation that will reduce drug costs.
And right now we have an incredible opportunity in Washington to pass legislation that would lower prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies — something currently forbidden under the law. It would completely change the way the U.S. pays for drugs, saving the federal government more than $450 billion over 10 years, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
You are essential to helping get this important priority over the finish line in Congress. So please stay in this fight and help us win this battle to provide older Americans real relief from the pain of soaring prescription drug costs!
Sincerely, |
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Max Richtman
President & CEO
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